The sun shone brightly down without a cloud in the sky on the 2010 Cherry Fayre, on the same day that Spain beat The Netherlands in the World Cup final.

The parade of local families and groups representing the 1940’s theme kicked off the community spirit and this continued throughout the day. What’s lovely about the Cherry Fayre is that you can go in full knowledge that you will meet people you know, and your children will meet people they know – and a good time can be had by all.

‘Can I have a go on that’ I hear from several children aged from 3 to 13 as we wandered. ‘I’ve run out of money’ comes the response. A wide variety of fun rides kept children busy and parents’ pockets empty. Whilst there were lots of rides and stalls that you had to pay for, if you had run out of money, or didn’t want to spend any, that was equally

fine! Entertainment was also free and the central pitch was the focus of attention all afternoon from Birds of Prey, Tug-o-War, Dog shows and football between the two local schools. Educating and interesting for all age groups!

But what is it all for? When I look around I see local businesses, charities, groups and organisations who are all working to promote their service or offerings for the benefit of other locals or for the village itself. Local people for local people, and that’s what makes the Cherry Fayre an annual event in so many household calendars.

And back to that football – no not the World Cup, the enthralling matches between Juniper Hill and Carrington teams and the penalty shoot out– that was enough to keep anyone enthralled!

Kate Box

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Cherry Fayre – the Family Day

Not only at Wimbledon...Sunday 4th July - Men's Singles' Final at Wimbledon. But that wasn't the only tennis played that day: Mr Khalaf Al Habtoor is a keen tennis player and he arranged The Parklands Tennis Challenge, Flackwell Heath, a small tournament played on his own courts. Local players had a great time and appreciated his generous hospitality. Trophy winners were Jenny Milward and Mike Dugdale.

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We had a very successful day, thanks to a lot of people. We raised £1,002.42p which was well above expectations.

I would like to thank Lindy, mum, dad, Jackie, Sam and Yvonne for all their help, there were too many other helpers to mention which is sad as I would have liked to name them all. Thanks also to all the village shops who made this total possible.

Carol Bailey

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Iain Rennie Hospice at Home

The concert, which was held on 2 July 2010 at the Royal British Legion was a tremendous success. There was a large audience and everyone joined in the sing-a-long. Good feed back was received from everyone and the end result was a sum of £536 being passed to this very worthwhile charity. The raffle alone raised over £90.

Thank you so much everyone including the Royal British Legion for letting us have the hall free of charge as a “service to the local community”.

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Photos from the Front PageCapt Mannering and Mrs Fox aka Ken and Nancy Ross Photo: Sue Arnautov

US and Royal British Legion in step Photo: Paul Lowe

Juniper Girls Photo: Meg Scullion

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Memories of Cherry Fayre 2010

Ashley Hopkins, Chairman of the Cherry Fayre Committee, is very proud of the success of his team in conceiving and managing this year’s Fayre. He wanted to have a permanent memory of it. His neighbour, who is Bodhisattva Productions Ltd, offered to get the filming done for nothing and he is only charging a nominal £500 for the editing.

The DVD lasts for 40 minutes and has samples of the activities and stalls that you enjoyed. You can see the winners of the fancy dress and the football matches between Juniper Hill and Carrington Junior.

See the sweat and effort of The Green Dragon team showing themselves fine examples of British manhood as they win the Richard Darby Shield for the tug-o-war.

The DVD costs only £9.99 and you can buy it from Video Express, Flackwell News and Ashley Hopkins at Principal Financial Planning 01628 648700

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Rev Jill Roth has now joined the staff of Christ Church, to serve the community of Flackwell Heath. That and other news, stories, people and activities are featured on the regularly updated Church website. Do visit www.ccfh.org.uk to find out about your Parish Church.

Planning a Wedding for later in 2010 or 2011-2012? There is information on the Church website on recent changes in Marriage Law and other helpful advice.

During the school holidays Sunday services continue as normal, with services at 8.30am, 10.00am and 6.30pm. The main service at 10.00am will mostly be Family Holy Communion with the summer theme “Psalms for Summer”.

Can 1½ million people be wrong? This is the number of people who attended an Alpha course last year, some of whom live here in Flackwell. There will daytime and evening courses at Christ Church this autumn. Why not come along to the free supper evening on Saturday 25 September where the theme will be “Christianity – Boring, Irrelevant and Untrue?” and take this opportunity to explore the meaning of life?

Coffee Stop will open on Wednesday mornings only during the school holidays beginning Wednesday 28 July. From Thursday 2 September it will again run every weekday morning. Coffee Stop is open from 9.00am to 11.30am.

Please contact the Church Office for details of regular services and further information on any of the above: 01628 533004 (9.00am – 1.00pm Monday to Friday).

Methodist ChurchJuly was a busy month. First Flackwell Heath Girls’ Brigade held their annual Display Night when they told us what they had been doing to earn their badges. Nearly 50 girls received badges and awards. Several girls received their Brigader badges at their last Display night before going off on gap years or university.

Sunday Live will restart in September on the third Sunday of every month at 11am.

A date for your diaries - we will be taking part in the Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for the twelfth time on Saturday 25 September. Most coffee mornings will be held on the Friday but we tried Saturday last year and it proved popular. We hope to have Traidcraft, Phoenix Cards, jewellery and Bring-and-Buy along with Fairtrade refreshments and local pianist and composer, Alex Routledge, to entertain us. See our websites for more details. www.fhmc.org.uk

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Karate KidsPeople are being attacked every week at the Flackwell Heath Community Centre.

Of course, it’s all a planned part of regular training, with the Katsu Academy of Shotokan Karate.

Traditional Shotokan Karate originated centuries ago in Japan, and developed during the last century. More than physical conditioning of strength and speed, students improve balance, coordination and confidence, and develop the ability to respond to an unexpected situation. Training is controlled; no pads or special equipment needed.

People of all ages and abilities can benefit. Children as young as six develop respect for themselves and others and confidence in their growing abilities, and adults into their 70s are still training within the Association.

Chief Instructor, Sensei R.G. Reid established the High Wycombe dojos twenty years ago. Beginners can join throughout the year. Demonstrations and special courses for groups, schools, and businesses are also available. No special clothing is required, and fees are kept low, with family rates and a pay-as-you-go basis.

There are several local venues:

Flackwell Heath Community Centre: Wednesdays 7-8pm

Wycombe Sports Centre; Mondays 7-8pm, and

Jordans School: Saturdays 11am-12.

Why not try Shotokan karate? Come to one of our venues, or contact:-

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Flackwell AmblersIf you would like to join us on Sunday 22 August 2010 The Flackwell Amblers will be going for a walk at Dorney Lake. We will be meeting at Budgen's car park at 10.00 a.m. This walk will last approximately 2 hours and is undertaken at your own risk. Please wear walking boots or strong shoes.

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NEW SCHEME FOR PHILIP DRIVEAs the result of an initiative from a resident, a successful ‘Start-up’ meeting was held recently and a new scheme for the middle section of Philip Drive has been created. The meeting was well attended and, in my non-availability, was supported by Geoff Pegg, Chairman of Wycombe District Neighbourhood Watch Association. A wide range of home and personal safety information was available, including the latest ‘No Doorstep Calling’ stickers which are being well received around the village. If you are not a member of either of the two schemes in this road, and would like further information, contact me.

NEWS FROM THE NAG

At the Neighbourhood Action Group meeting on 15 July, the priority issues for 2010/11 based upon public response to questionnaires were confirmed as:-

1. Antisocial Behaviour including Criminal Damage

2 Speeding including Road Safety issues.

The Chairman of the NAG drew the lucky reply to the questionnaire, and the £50 prize offered by Chepping Wycombe PC was won by a resident of Tylers Green

COMPUTER PROBLEM? - PHONE CALL SCAM

Several residents of our village have reported receiving phone calls from a person claiming to represent Microsoft or a similar organisation, alleging that the resident’s computer operating system has acquired a particularly nasty problem. The caller asks the resident to switch their computer on – if

it is not already on – and says that they will help the resident resolve ‘the problem’.

Should you receive such a call, do NOT take any action, except to terminate the call. The caller will attempt to persuade you to download a ‘patch’ to reputedly sort out the issue for you, whereas in

fact, you will be downloading any one of a number of ‘Trojans’, capable of stealing personal data, logging

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FINALLY, A PIECE OF COMMUNITY NEWS FROM THE NAG

If your youngsters are looking for things to do during the summer holidays, there are a number of events being organised by Bucks CC for the 13 – 19 year olds. If you ‘Google’ ‘Bucks Summer Events 10’ this will lead you to:

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/youth/summer_brochure_2010.pdf

Enjoy your summer.

For further information about any of these topics or about Neighbourhood Watch, contact: David Gresswell – Area Co-ordinator, Flackwell Heath 01628 525019 e-mail: flackwell-nhwatch@talktalk.net

Police General & Non-emergency number: 0845 8 505 505

Public Safety Team (Anti-social behaviour): 01494 421087

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No monthly meetings in August, instead we have the coach trip to Stowe on Tuesday 10th. Coaches leave from behind Budgens at 10am (Morning WI) and 10.15am (Evening)WI.

Some members from both Institutes have enjoyed coach trips with the County, one to the '300 Years of Quilts' exhibition at the V&A, and one to Coventry and Kenilworth.

Morning WIMrs Barbara Gray gave an excellent talk about her life hosting adult foreign students from an Oxford Language School. Her anecdotes were mainly of pleasant experiences, occasionally sad or difficult but always interesting. Some members felt they could have listened to her for much longer and hope there will be an opportunity to hear another of her talks in the future.

Seven members had been to College Lake near Tring where a guided walk was arranged by the County Federation.. The guide described the conservation work being done

to encourage more birds and rare plants. They saw some red buttercups and other plants which used to grow in cornfields. All agreed it would be worth another visit.

On 1 September Edwin Rye will speak on 'Making a Garden for the BBC Gardener of the Year Competition'.

Evening WIWe have started on the WI Tri Challenge for our members collectively to walk 50 miles, cycle 20 miles and swim 5 miles. So far we have had two very easy walks in Flackwell (no hills!), starting and ending at the Christ Church Coffee Stop, and a swim at the David Lloyd Club in Wooburn Green. The cycling has been completed by four members on the cycle path round Jubilee Water near Dorney.

July's planned speaker was smitten by sciatica, so her talk has been postponed. Instead we heard from Jill Eyers, an archaeologist who is studying Roman remains in the Hambleden valley. (She recently hit the headlines when she speculated

on the reasons for the finding of 97 skeletons of new-born babies in a very limited area). She described the local features on and under the ground with great enthusiasm and knowledge. For those wanting to know more, go to http://www.chilternarchaeology.com/hambleden.htm and follow the links to Projects. Also look there for volunteering opportunities.

Using last year's bursary, Wendy Mander had greatly enjoyed a Denman course on Flower Arranging that had included making your own containers; she showed us a thought-provoking example. Shirley Wallis was the lucky winner of this year's draw.

The quiz team did respectably in the 3-County Quiz, coming about 8th out of 24 teams.

At the 9th September meeting, Gilly Pusey will be talking about 'Spinning and Dyeing' and demonstrating her skill with the spinning wheel.

Jean Worth and Sue Arnautov

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Summer SerenadeMendelssohn’s overture A Midsummer Night’s Dream was quite an apt opening for the annual performance by the Heath Light Orchestra on a sultry Sunday 4 July, directed by the charismatic John Timewell. After an unsettled start the

orchestra negotiated this charming programme of light, but certainly not trivial, music with poise. The orchestra got to shine in the more lightly-scored sections of the ballet music from Schubert’s incidental music for Rosamunde.

A trumpet fanfare took us into Grieg’s Homage March and also signalled time to return to our seats after the interval during which £147 was raised at the raffle. The full-house were caught up in Strauss’ rousing medley of waltzes Roses from the South. Many of the

audience recognised the Berceuse from Faure’s Dolly Suite as the theme tune to the BBC’s Listen with Mother, and all were delighted with the sonorous oboe solo in Tendresse.

The Community Centre’s acoustics came as a pleasant surprise, but it was a shame

there was not room in the orchestra for a larger string section to do justice to some of the pieces and redress the balance with the brass section.

The extremely expressive solo performance of Danny Boy by tenor Richard Ratcliff was the highlight of the evening- exquisitely sensitive without being over sentimental. This spurred the audience on to grab their song sheets and join in for the remainder of the Music Hall Medley where the brass section finally had permission to take over!

Sarah Worthing

Paperback & Jigsaw Library

The library continues during the summer, just right for beach reading or something to do in the school holidays when it rains.

Every first Wednesday i.e. September 1st, October 6th, 1.30pm - 3.30pm in the Sarney Room, Community Centre.

The family firm A1 Taxis were selling second-hand books at the Cherry Fayre in aid of the League of Friends of Wycombe and Amersham Hospitals. They would like to thank all donors and buyers for their support, and were very pleased to raise £173.

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Wooburn Festival 201021 September – 24 October

The Wooburn Festival provides a brilliant range of events from their must see art exhibition, talks, walks, Don Giovanni, folk and jazz evenings and so much more. Full programme and booking information from The Stag Theatre in Wycombe or from www.wooburn.com

The Heath Singers

The Heath Singers have a very loyal following; most of the tickets for the Summer Concert are taken up by their fans and they sell out two weeks before the event. The programme for the concert has to appeal to those who like the songs they have heard before but they also like to have some new ones. Judging by the audience laughter, they even like repeats of Maureen Foster’s monologues – especially the one about buying a bathing costume for the fuller, more mature figure. She has the gift of timing.

In choosing the music for the concert Peggy Woolhouse likes to have a variety of songs - modern arrangements of traditional songs, spirituals, quality popular songs like Paul Simon’s Bridge over Troubled Water and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Music of the Night”. And she likes to draw talent from within the choir; Angela Peerless sang solo with Scarborough Fair and Kathy Barrett played the flute for The Lark in the Clear Air and later gave a percussion accompaniment. Guest saxophonist, Mike Trew, first played with the Heath Singers when he was a school boy. He now has a first in music (Peggy knows talent when she hears it) and is now a musician and a music teacher. He played us two very modern classical pieces and Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five”.

If the Pope is right and there really is a Hell, I imagine myself being a dentist with piped music playing Sinatra 24/365. So you can imagine how I felt as the Concert moved to its Finale – the Sinatra Selection. But when I gingerly opened my ears to listen I was totally surprised – the choir sang so beautifully that the tunes and (let’s admit, the pretty crummy words) were a revelation and a delight. Leaving Old Blue Eyes out of the Sinatra Selection was another Peggy master stroke.

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August and September at Pigeon House

FarmThe cereal harvest may sometimes be completed by the end of August but often extends into September. The sudden large area of cereal stubble provides food for the seed eating birds of the area as the smaller cereal grains and weed seeds are rejected by the combine harvester and returned to the ground. The harvester is also regularly cleaned and any rejected seeds taken out are bagged and saved for feeding to wild birds over the winter, maybe on the lesser used farm tracks near a hedge and gradually moved to avoid enticing rodents.

At late harvest, the fast flying hobby hawk may occasionally be seen directly following the line of a hedge as it hunts for the larger insects or smaller birds, which it takes in flight. The hobby is not quite the size of the kestrel and appears as the shape of a large swift.

The hare still finds cover in the cereal stubble and finds food in the regenerating green cover.

In the early morning and mid evening, the flocks of Canada geese make the short journey from Little Marlow gravel pits and knowingly select field areas to land and feed where cereal grain may have shed from the crop.

Ploughing may begin in late August or early September and the food disturbed may include various insects, invertebrates and larvae, which attracts various gulls, lapwing, partridge and, nearer the hedgerows, blackbird and thrush.

At this time of noisy disturbance around the plough, and nearer to the trees, the sparrowhawk will make the most of the opportunity to take a feeding bird.

The degree of birds breeding success may be indicated in August and September as those such as goldfinch, lapwing, linnet, mistle thrush, skylark and yellowhammer may begin to form flocks and can be easily seen from either the field edge or cross field footpaths.

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Our Summer Reading Challenge "Space Hop" is now well and truly under

way. Come and sign up to receive your exciting pack and learn all about space, the universe and beyond. We have various activities taking place in the library over the summer holidays, all with a space theme.

On Thursday 12 August 2.30 - 3.30 we are holding a Creative Writing Workshop for 7 - 11 year olds. There will be an opportunity for writing stories and poetry. Tickets for this are free but you do need to book as space is limited.

Also on Wednesday 18 August our very own Saturday Assistant, Krystle Smith, will be hosting "Dance Hop" a dance and

activity session. 3-4 year olds are from 10.00 - 10.30 and 5-6 years are 11.00- 11.30. Again places are free but would need to be booked to avoid disappointment.

Krystle is both a librarian and a ballet teacher. She uses skills from both disciplines to

take the children on a ‘dance hop’ into outer space as they move around the library in an imaginative world where they can interpret their journey without the use of words – just as a dancer does.

The story has a beginning, middle and end and as they progress the children can use their creative skills to add their own elements to their adventure.

Library Manager, Patricia Brannigan describes how last year “Krystle had them walking on the sand and paddling in the sea and I could feel the sand and cold water on my feet even as I worked at the desk”

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Commun i t y Pay Back Before and after with vegetation and rubbish

cleared away so that three cherry trees and a new hedge could be planted. Photo Tim Kendell

The Community Pay Back Scheme has been active in Flackwell Heath for the last two years. In the words of Cllr Mike Wilkes, “We should all be very grateful to Jeff Herschel for all the improvements this scheme has brought to the village.”

It all began when local Parish Councils were given a presentation on Community Pay Back. Most of the Councils were put off by the bureaucracy but Chepping Wycombe (CWPC) had Chairman Jeff Herschel, Clerk Huw Jones and Graeme Christie, Manager of the Grounds Team. They were able to peer through the bureaucracy and see how they could take advantage of the scheme. Essentially, the Probation Service wanted work for offenders to do and CWPC had plenty of work they wanted doing. It was a simple idea and many of the apparent complications were just bureaucratic puff. Once the Council and the Probation Service got to know and trust each other it became pretty straight forward, although demanding in time and planning.

The concept is quite simple. Convicted people are punished by having to work between 40 and 300 hours on socially useful projects. They have to turn up to work on time and they wear a safety vest with Community Pay Back in large letters on the back so the public are clear why they are there. The public are satisfied when they see they are being punished and they tend to be polite and even appreciative to them; the offenders by and large enjoy doing something useful and they get on with it. Most of the offenders are young men although there are some women and middle aged people on the scheme.

A very wide range of offenders can carry out Community Payback, but violent offenders, those with serious mental health problems, those who are heavily dependent on drugs or alcohol and those who have a history of sex offending are not eligible.

Gerry of the Cherry Tree found that the men and women painting the fences

and bollards in the centre of the village were easy to talk to and happy to talk about the work they were required to do. The experience of other members of the public who spoke to them was equally positive.

In most weeks there are two groups. The Friday group are managed by Graeme Christie and has the benefit of a full-time probation supervisor. The Sunday group is managed by Parish Councillors supported by a part-time probation supervisor. In Flackwell Heath the major projects have included work on Orchard Green, clearing brush from the allotments, clearing and planting up the top of Juniper Lane and the top of Spring Lane. The painting jobs have included bollards and railings in the village painted green.

For the last two years most of the local Pay Back work has been in Flackwell but as it proved successful Tylers Green and Loudwater realised it could also be used for projects in their area. Flackwell Councillors Herschel, Mike Wilkes and Jonathan Eadon-Smith are using their newly acquired experience to help manage projects in Loudwater. The current main job is clearing the River Wye. Working in a river raises a number of Health and Safety issues and our Councillors are sure that it is only the confidence they have built up with the Probation Service that has enabled it to be organised and carried out.

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